The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-05-15

The Many Restraints Incident to an
Exalted Position.

1t is popular idea in America, quite as
much if not more than in England, that
the Prince of Wales is about the last man in
the w,rld to be restrained in anything. All
the little naughty tales which have been
whispered about him would lead one to
suppose that such a thing as restraint had
about as much power over his actions as a
silk thread would have to tether an ele-
plant. 1t does not follow that all that is
said of him is true indeed ii is safe to say
that nine-tenths Of it isn't. But if he some
times overstep the royal BOUNDARY; if his
spirit does now and then rise up il arms
against the forced cramping sought to be
put upon his nature, who can blame him?
he is only man after all, even though the
British nation are pleased to consider HIM
good deal more. And then, of course, his
slips are more noticed than other peoples,
and mole hills become mountains ia short
space of time. once Truth, The Wcrld and
Vanity Fair get an inkling of the matter.
l often wonder he is as good as he is,
poor chap. The Princess is rather dragon,
I fancy, and does good deal of quiet dirt-
ing witt the good looking equerries and
lords in waiting, as her restraint is less than
that Of other married royalties" She en-
Joys he7prerogative of asking men to dance
with her at balls. This doesn't look like
restraint certainly; yet there is restraint
in it. 1t is right which no nice minded
woman would care to- exercise, be she the
queen, princess, or what you Ike. Her
restraint consists in not letting men ask
her; for she might hesitate about asking
men and compelling them to throw over
previous engagements, as they would be
oblgeu to do, no engagement for anything
ball, dinner party, contemplated journey
or dance-holding good against a royal
command. Knowing this, refined woman
would feel great delicacy in forcing men to
dance with her.
The Princess OF Wales, however, doesn't
se3m to be troubled much with sensitive
ness in regard to this Iadeed, so far from
shrinking from royal obtEusiveness, she
Yields her power with considerable lack of
womanly feeling. Some time ago there
used to be q young man who was at all the
court balls and other entertainments where
the princess was. He was good dancer
and handsome; but, alas, he had heart
complaint, and his doctor warned him on
no account to dance. So he US to stand
about and look on. There were loads of
lovely girls with whom he would have risked
good deal for few turns of waltz. But
his physicians orders must be obeyed.
The Princess of Wales found out about it,
and, instead of commenting the Young
chap for his good sense and sympathizing
with him, what does she dc? Sends him
word by equefry that is the "form") that
she wishes to dance with him. He turns
pale, for he knows lie can't refuse or ex-
cuse himself. So off he goes, at the risk of
his life, Juggling round woman whose
lameness does not exactly improve her
heavy Danish step. while dozens of his
favorite partners are with ''other fellows"
A woman who can do that sort OF thing is
not apt TO make husbands home happy.
If looks mean anything her eldest daugh-
ter, Princess Louise of Wales, who, by the
by, has just passed her Doth birthday, is
far from being happy girl. At Sandown
races she looked depressed and miserable.
Her high station makes her superior" to
every man she talks to, and she cannot IN
bend and be natural in any way. Restraint
again. When she marries it will be better
for her, poor girl AS it is she sits silent
and dull. Her dressing, too, is disgrGce
to her mother. Take last year at Good
wood, for instance, lhere was the Princess
of Wales herself decked out in light gray
satin costume, and her two daughters,
Louise and Maud, dowdily a.tired in brown
Jackets Nice mother that, keeping her
girls back SO as to remain young herself as
long as she caA.
do not mean to assert that the Prince
of Wales has not good time now and then,
for he has. Why shouldn't he? All mean
to say is that his life is not one long, unin-
terrupted dream of fairyland. He may do
silly things to amuse himself, but, GA the
other hand, he has boring levees to hold
for the queen, foundation stones to lay,
bridges to open, dinners to go to, speeches
to make, meetings to preside at and every
heavy drawing room and other court enter
tainmen to be present at If he does get
away, when he can, to smoke a cigarette at
his club with his set, have chat behind
the scenes at the Gaiety or take run over
to Cannes or Homburg for a good time
generally with any bright, witty American
girl who can talk and cheer man up, who
would really blame him? He is only seek
ing freedom from restraint.
He does some unnecessary things, how
evenings out of keeping with ones
ideal of man-and then he leaves himself
opsn to just criticism. For example, at
Sandown races last week he had young and
pretty women walters instead of men to
carry round refreshments, and went so far
in fostering the innovation as to personally
design the costume they were attired in
viz, black cloaks, three cornered caps, short
skirts and red stockings. He is getting a
srihe too old for such nonsence, is
dummy" and one would have right to
expect greater things from the nations fu-
ture king during his mothers jubilee year,
especially did not one remember that after
all it is but a species of pardonable relaxs-
ton occasioned by the habitusl restraint
there is thrown over him. London Cor.
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